yup i thinking that could be the problem, i used the trainer on 1.0, and had absolutely no problems, if you used it on 1.1 then it may have patched the wrong areas causing the crash.. and well, look at the title of the trainer 'v1.0' think that nails it
difference in 1.0 of the game vs 1.1 is...
· (MAC Only) Corrected patch detection text to display in correct language. Once patched, subsequent patch detection will display correctly.
· (MAC Only) Re-mapped the @ symbol on the French AZERTY keyboard
· Improved thumbnail resolutions for saved creatures.
· Added five new animations, recorded when creating animated GIFs in Test Drive Mode.
· Fixed a randomly occurring system hang.
<< never encountered this
· Fixed a crash associated with EADM.
<< didn't use EADM, so never saw this
· Creatures no longer disappear from the Sporepedia when the save flow is interrupted.
<< never encountered this
· Corrected the Audio buzzing found on systems with nForce2 integrated audio.
<< don't have nforce2 integrated audio
· Updated Spanish and Polish readme files.
<< im not spanish or polish, so i don't care
· Updated the EULA found in the installer.
<< wow, they updated things people never read
· Fixed disparity between server and game complexity limits.
<< didnt play online so never saw this
· Integrated the newest save creature PNG. NOTE: This allows creatures PNGs made with Spore to be drag-and-dropped into the Spore Creature Creator. Spore Creature Creator players who do not patch will not be able to drag-and-drop PNGs created in patched versions of the Spore Creature Creator or Spore.
<< didn't see this at all
· Improves overall stability.
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so the 1.1 doesn't really mean much to me, and doesn't really offer much of an incentive for me to update (i've practically finished the game anyway)... which begs the question.. why did you update?